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Active Themes. Ada and Ruby give shelter and food to a group of travelers who are moving from Tennessee to South Carolina. The travelers—who are mostly women, since many of their husbands are off fighting for the South—are accompanied by a pair of “kind slaves.” (The narrator notes that the two slaves could easily have killed their ...
Analysis. The chapter begins with Stobrod, Pangle, and another friend walking through the mountain. The other friend is a young boy from Georgia, who’s no more than seventeen years old. The trio is headed for Ada ’s farm. Stobrod explains to the Georgia boy that Ada has finally convinced Ruby to take care of her father.
By the end of the first morning of fighting, Inman and his peers were caked in dust, dirt, and gunpowder. A fellow soldier of Inman’s named Lee told Inman that war was hellish—otherwise men would enjoy it too much. Inman sensed that Lee thought of war as a holy act—a test of one’s faith in God.
As a child, Ruby was always frightened of being eaten by a wild animal prowling around Cold Mountain. Cherokee women talked about evil spirits and monsters, and she was always afraid one of them would kill her. In spite of her fears, Ruby grew up quickly. She learned how to pull a plow and cook food, because her father couldn’t do either.
Full Title Cold Mountain. Author Charles Frazier. Type of Work Novel. Genre Episodic novel, with a journey structure; romance. Language English, with inclusion of nineteenth-century Southern dialects. Time and place written 1997, North Carolina, U.S. . Date of First Publication 1997 . Publisher Grove/Atlantic. Narrator Third-person narration, usually according with the perspective of the ...
Later on, Veasey spots a big catfish swimming in the water, and dives in. Inman watches in amusement as Veasey tries and fails to wrestle the catfish from the water. When Veasey is worn out, Inman draws his gun and shoots the fish, killing it instantly. Inman and Veasey eat the catfish. It’s worth asking why Inman agrees to travel with Veasey.
Inman proposes that Ada and Ruby go ahead to the farm—if they travel with Inman and Stobrod, they’ll be in danger. Stobrod and Inman plan to walk north to the Federals, where they’ll surrender and then lay low, hoping that the war ends soon. Ruby and Ada agree to this plan. One reason why we, the readers, question Ada and Inman’s plan ...
